How COVID-19 Has Impacted People’s Mental Health
How COVID-19 Has Impacted People’s Mental Health By Bronagh Loughlin COVID-19 has shaken up our lives – it has transformed how we work, interact and communicate with one another, how we shop and where we can go. Positives have come out of COVID-19 such as remote working and gaining back hours from commuting in addition to taking cars off the road and reducing emissions. However, COVID-19 has also had a huge impact on people’s mental […]
The Chipko Andolan: From Village Protests to Global Climate Movement
The Chipko Andolan: From Village Protests to Global Climate Movement By Sonia Mehta When Greta Thunberg began to challenge world leaders at only 15 years old, she probably had no idea so many would join her climate strike movement. We learnt from Greta’s actions that when we come together, we can ignite real change. Another movement that did this was the Chipko movement, also called Chipko Andolan. It was a series of nonviolent, ecological movements […]
If We Don’t Act, The Pink Dolphin Could Disappear Forever
If We Don’t Act, The Pink Dolphin Could Disappear Forever By Eurico Borges The third biggest in the animal kingdom, river dolphins are considered smart for the complexity of their social structures, communication systems, and morphological and physiological characteristics of their brains, which are, in proportion to their weight and size. In saying that, they need our help as their numbers are quickly shrinking. There are five species of freshwater dolphins, and they are being […]
World Tuna Day: Why Are Tuna Fish Important?
World Tuna Day: Why Are Tuna Fish Important? By Bronagh Loughlin Imagine our beautiful blue oceans packed with all the various sea life species and free from any threats. They swim around their waters happily supporting one another and life on Earth. Plastic waste in the ocean and marine life ingesting plastic waste are things of the past. All we see now is beautiful blue horizons and hear the splashes of species in the water. […]
Why We Need to Stop Engaging in Global Mass Consumerism
Why We Need to Stop Engaging in Global Mass Consumerism By Bronagh Loughlin Our consumption has a huge impact on the health of our planet. If everyone in the world lived like Western consumers, we would require 5 planets to support us, according to The World Counts. While it is a positive point that people are able to enjoy the benefits of purchasing goods and services beyond their basic requirements, there is a big downside […]
Consuming Less is a Sustainability Strategy We Can All Adopt
Consuming Less is a Sustainability Strategy We Can All Adopt By Bronagh Loughlin We are enticed daily to purchase and consume products, from the ads we see on our television screens to the ads in magazines, on billboards and much more. We enjoy buying new things because it gives us a brief feeling of happiness, however, it is exactly that, brief. The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming how we travel, work, speak to one another and […]
COVID-19 Has Highlighted the Important Role of Community in Our Lives
COVID-19 Has Highlighted the Important Role of Community in Our Lives By Bronagh Loughlin The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted our lives. We went from being able to go out and socialise, go to our jobs, travel the globe and much more. While the pandemic has been a challenging time for many people with the restrictions and saddening deaths, some interesting consumer trends have come out of it. Before, we shopped from all parts of […]
Could Food Technology Replace the Use of Animal Meat & Products?
Could Food Technology Replace the Use of Animal Meat & Products? By Bronagh Loughlin With livestock production being responsible for roughly 51 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, as claimed by the Worldwatch Institute, it is no surprise that forward-thinking entrepreneurs are boldly reimagining the way food is made. Founder and CEO of Impossible Foods, Pat Brown said at Web Summit, “it’s game over for the meat industry – they just don’t realise it yet,”. […]
Air Pollution, Clean up our Skies
Air Pollution, Clean up our Skies By Bronagh Loughlin When most of us go for a stroll outside or hop on the bus for our daily commute into the office with the window rolled down, we rarely think about the air we are breathing in. Air pollution is currently the biggest environmental risk for early death and is responsible for as many as 5 million premature deaths each year from strokes, heart attacks, diabetes and […]
Restoring Nature and Biodiversity Loss Starts with Human Beings
Restoring Nature and Biodiversity Loss Starts with Human Beings By Bronagh Loughlin The planet’s biodiversity is under threat and the primary culprit is human beings, the ones who depend on it the most. Slowing biodiversity loss is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. However, since we play a big part in creating the problem, it’s become crucial for us to shift our mindsets to become part of the solution. The term biodiversity is used to describe […]
Recycled Plastics Are Not the Solution to Sustainable Products
Recycled Plastics Are Not the Solution to Sustainable Products By Bronagh Loughlin The concept of transforming plastic bottles into fabrics and objects is not new. Since the 1990s, brands have been converting recycled plastics into clothing and other such items. However, only now is the trendy recycled PET getting some spotlight and there has been a lot of talk about how it is a sustainable alternative to polyester. It began with the likes of G-Star […]
Why Recycled PET Will Not Make Your Brand More Sustainable
Why Recycled PET Will Not Make Your Brand More Sustainable By Bronagh Loughlin In recent years, fast fashion has come under fire for its impact on the environment, its use of low-quality materials and its poor treatment of factory workers. As more and more people become increasingly conscious of what they are buying, in particular, when it comes to clothing, fast fashion brands are looking for ways to improve. One way many fast fashion houses […]